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By the time the first umbrella came out around 7:05 a.m., Jupiter’s Marc Turnesa, playing in his first U.S. Open and 47th for his famous family, had hit first shot into the water guarding the 218-yard par-3 10th hole.

Turnesa, the third player to tee off Thursday, would go on to card the day’s first double bogey – and add another one four holes later on the 467-yard par-4 14th.

But he quickly had company in black numbers, including Anthony Kim, who also doubled No. 10, reigning U.S. Amateur champion Peter Uihlein, who opened with a double on No. 1, and Paul Casey, who opened with back-to-back bogeys.

Defending champion Graeme McDowell opened with bogey.

While the rain let up, it’s just starting to get ugly for players at the monstrous 7,574-yard layout at Congressional Country Club.

By day’s end, a number of players will be out of the tournament before it’s barely begun.

“A lot of the things that you see with Open winners is a good first round,” said NBC analyst Johnny Miller, who won in 1973 at Oakmont. “Thursday is really going to tell a lot of the tale. There’s not too many comebacks at the U.S. Open.

“The first round will show who has their game together.”

One player who really seems to have it together is world No. 1 Luke Donald, who birdied his first two holes, Nos. 10 and 11 – something few players might do all week.

The par-3 10th – which played as the 18th hole in 1997 – is a tough way to open the week, but did yield five birdies in the first two hours of the U.S. Open.

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